Management of environmental health issues for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games: is enhanced integrated environmental health surveillance needed in every day routine operation?

Abstract Background Management of environmental health issues is an integral part of public health systems.An active integrated environmental health surveillance and response system was developed for the Athens Olympics to monitor and prevent exposure to environmental hazards.The potential for permanent implementation of the program was examined. M

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Concept and study protocol of the process evaluation of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to promote physical activity in outpatients with heterogeneous mental disorders—the ImPuls study

Abstract Background Evidence suggests that patients suffering from different mental disorders benefit from exercise programs combined with behavior change techniques.Based on this evidence, we have developed an exercise program (ImPuls) specifically designed to provide an additional treatment option in the outpatient mental health care system.The i

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The soiltestcorr R package: An accessible framework for reproducible correlation analysis of crop yield and soil test data

Dryer Door Lint Screen The soiltestcorr R package is an open-source software designed to enable accessible and reproducible computation of correlation analyses between crop yield response to fertilization and soil test values.The package compiles a series of functions for analyzing soil test correlation data: (i) Cate & Nelson data partitioning

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